Don’t be shocked for those who catch a glimpse of Coach Ben Scott within the looming “Yellowjackets” Season 4.
Whereas the subsequent season of the beloved thriller has not been introduced, Steven Krueger (Coach Ben) completely advised The Publish, “I know in my heart that it’s a thing that’s going to happen,” and he’ll be able to return to the franchise in any capability if requested regardless of his character being killed off in Season 3.
In Episode 6, Coach Ben meets his destiny after being tortured by the “Yellowjackets” soccer crew, who maintain their earlier mentor captive and lower his Achilles tendon earlier than he’s proven mercy by teen Natalie (Sophie Thatcher).
After pleading for her to kill him so he’s not executed by the crew, Thatcher’s character places Coach Ben out of his distress by murdering him in a poetic loss of life that was exhausting for the viewers and the “Yellowjackets” stars to abdomen.
Whereas Krueger, 35, advised The Publish he believed Coach Ben’s mercy kill was “necessary” and a “chain reaction” of what unfolded between the teenagers subsequent, he’s not counting a potential reappearance out sooner or later.
“If we’ve seen one thing from the show, we know that just because a character dies [it] is not necessarily the last time you’re going to see their face,” he teased. “So I certainly would not be surprised if if we got some like ghost of Coach Ben stuff, or even a flashback here and there, coming up in the in the future seasons.”
“Yellowjackets” creators, husband and spouse duo Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, shared up to now that they pitched a five-season plan for the collection. Nonetheless, there’s been no information a couple of Season 4 — however Krueger, in addition to a number of of his co-stars, are assured that the present will proceed.
“I know in my heart that it’s a thing that’s going to happen,” the actor shared with The Publish, including he believes one of many holdups may very well be the continued merger with Paramount.
“I could not imagine them ending the season – or ending the series with Season 3,” Krueger said.
When requested if he’d be open to returning to “Yellowjackets,” the star mentioned definitely.
“This truly has been the best experience I’ve had in my career. The opportunity to work with the people I’ve gotten to work with and to play this character, who just has so many different levels and so many different layers. It’s been an incredible challenge and so rewarding,” Krueger responded.
“So yeah, of course, I’m game for anything when it comes to showing up in future seasons, and I’m quite sure that there will be future seasons. I don’t know when they’re going to announce them. But yeah, this is certainly not the way that this story is meant to end.”
Coach Ben wasn’t the one surprising homicide in Season 3.
Grownup Lottie (Simone Kessell) and grownup Van (Lauren Ambrose) additionally misplaced their lives to followers’ horror.
Lottie was pushed down the steps by the daughter of grownup Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Callie (Sarah Desjardins), in a plot twist that nobody noticed coming, and Van — who had been struggling terminal most cancers — misplaced her life when grownup Melissa (performed by Oscar winner Hilary Swank) confirmed up out of the blue and stabbed her within the coronary heart.
Krueger isn’t the one one who revealed they’d return to “Yellowjackets” if requested.
Swank beforehand advised The Publish that she’d be “open” to the thought of taking part in Melissa once more sooner or later.
“Yellowjackets” follows a teenage soccer crew whose aircraft crashed within the ’90s, and so they had been pressured to succumb to cannibalism simply to outlive. Just a few make it house alive.
The thriller jumps between these savage teenage years and their grownup present-day selves.
Season 3 of “Yellowjackets” is obtainable to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.
